Palmer Sunday?

Hola - thought I'd post this here and see if anyone else is interested in hitting Palmer next Sunday 12/12. It's supposed to be nice the entire week, so unless something happens Sat or Sun, I imagine it could be just about perfect...

Sunday sounds good to me

Haven't missed a weekend yet,

so I'm down. 9'ish at the stables? I noticed last weekend that it started getting crowded just around noon...well, crowded means I started seeing other people and why are they always going the opposite direction I am?

so I'm down. 9'ish at the stables? I noticed last weekend that it started getting crowded just around noon...well, crowded means I started seeing other people and why are they always going the opposite direction I am?

9 sounds perfect to me.

Isn't it supposed to be a good thing if the masses are headed in the opposite direction that you are?

Church gets out at 11:30... :)

I noticed last weekend that it started getting crowded just around noon...

The best thing about living in Colorado Springs is having the trails almost completely to myself on Sunday morning!

Originally Posted by DWF

why are they always going the opposite direction I am?

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Try going the other way on the trails for a change. I'm really bad about going the same way every time but most of the trails (all except Edna Mae and the Improv) are just as much fun in the other direction.

The best thing about living in Colorado Springs is having the trails almost completely to myself on Sunday morning!

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Try going the other way on the trails for a change. I'm really bad about going the same way every time but most of the trails (all except Edna Mae and the Improv) are just as much fun in the other direction.

Yeah, that must be it, but what about on Saturdays? I heard on NPR that CS was the center of the Evangelical universe....

I still don't know the Palmer trails well and since I'm so out of shape, I'm just following the wheel in front of me so I pretty much go whichever direction I'm led but it does seem to me that we've been taking the "fun" way down, i.e., hitting all the tech bits on the way down instead of the way up. Since I hit max HR about 10-feet away from my truck, that's how I like it.

The best thing about living in Colorado Springs is having the trails almost completely to myself on Sunday morning!

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Try going the other way on the trails for a change. I'm really bad about going the same way every time but most of the trails (all except Edna Mae and the Improv) are just as much fun in the other direction.

Have you been able to ride Edna? That was a little beyond me. I can pick my way down the Improv but I'd probably get to the bottom faster if I walked it. It was like riding on marbles last Saturday.

Hola - thought I'd post this here and see if anyone else is interested in hitting Palmer next Sunday 12/12. It's supposed to be nice the entire week, so unless something happens Sat or Sun, I imagine it could be just about perfect...

if anybody cares i'll be going saturday with a friend and we'd like to meet some of you guys and hopefull you'd be able to see some sic stuff. we'd be going on our DH bikes though because my hardtail is ouf of commission for the moment. i would come sunday intead but i have to work again.

if anybody cares i'll be going saturday with a friend and we'd like to meet some of you guys and hopefull you'd be able to see some sic stuff. we'd be going on our DH bikes though because my hardtail is ouf of commission for the moment. i would come sunday intead but i have to work again.

Wish I could swing Saturday - unfortunately I can't. Actually - I started this thread as soon as I thought about it for fear that someone would start up a Saturday ride there and I'd end up riding it alone on Sunday

if anybody cares i'll be going saturday with a friend and we'd like to meet some of you guys and hopefull you'd be able to see some sic stuff. we'd be going on our DH bikes though because my hardtail is ouf of commission for the moment. i would come sunday intead but i have to work again.

i'll be there, if the new fork/wheels for the geared ride are in and on the bike by then. i'd hate there on my SS. it's not built burly enough for having fun the way i'd want to down there.

(crossing fingers hoping stuff gets to larry's shop soon..........)

i was thinking sometime in the morning maybe being in the lot by like 10ish on saturday. the friend i am going with is lazy as hell and it might be hard to get him moving. also im coming in from highlands ranch so i got a like 45 min drive and i've never been to palmer so there is the slight chance of getting lost. hoppefully i'll be able to get ther alright.

if my friend doesn't come with me my parents probably wont let me go and he's not 100% sure he can go. but i hope to be down there.

do you think full armour or not? (i dont know how big some of the stuff gets)

i'll be there, if the new fork/wheels for the geared ride are in and on the bike by then. i'd hate there on my SS. it's not built burly enough for having fun the way i'd want to down there.

(crossing fingers hoping stuff gets to larry's shop soon..........)

You are more than welcome to borrow my chameleon, you'd have to deal w/ the sh1tmano drive train. I trust you wouldn't do anything worse to it than i already have (second ride no less, ouch). but should be rocking by this weekend.
BTW what are you getting? I love x-mas even if its others getting the presents.

I can clean every section on my Fluid (and the Bullit) but I've never cleaned the last rock section without planting a foot at the bottom to pivot my bike back onto the trail.

If you thought the Improv was like riding on marbles last Saturday, you should see it in a dry July! The conditions were actually pretty decent last time I rode it in the snow with DBabuser.

Yeah, I just need to ride more and get back into shape. I'm just riding around tired all the time and when you're fatigued, your technique is the first thing to go. Palmer will definitely help sharpen my skills again. All work and no play made Don a fat boy.

Yeah, I just need to ride more and get back into shape. I'm just riding around tired all the time and when you're fatigued, your technique is the first thing to go. Palmer will definitely help sharpen my skills again. All work and no play made Don a fat boy.

Hey, I might join you guys Sunday. If you can clean Templeton/Improv consider yourself a very good tech. rider IMO, Edna Mae is crazy and is also above my head but I ride with a guy who has cleaned it. When I'm on my game I can clean everything except a few ups on Temp., but I've lost a lot of skin(remember our last ride kristian?), broken my ankle and torn a few der.'s off on the trail.

I've been riding in the canyon a lot more and you get in shape with all the climbing but it doesn't really help when I do the full loop on Temp., I still feel real rusty!

Okay - so we plan to meet at the stables @ 9. Can anyone give me basic directions on how to get there? Is this the same place we met when I first rode down there (when I first met, Kristian, Jim, Todd, Paul (s), Dave, and a bunch of other people)?

Okay - so we plan to meet at the stables @ 9. Can anyone give me basic directions on how to get there? Is this the same place we met when I first rode down there (when I first met, Kristian, Jim, Todd, Paul (s), Dave, and a bunch of other people)?

You got nothing on me, Mang! I'm 43, out of shape, don't use armor, and "subdermal hematoma" is my middle name. My wife thinks me & our 14 year old son are perfectly matched, maturity wise, but other than that, I'm cool!

Sounds like there's going to be a big crowd there. I'll be there Sat morning too just to make sure I get all the abuse I deserve.

...I may come along too. I'm only 32, but I've had people say I have the body of someone twice my age. There are wuss trails at Palmer too, right?

Dave, if you're gonna go, maybe we can 'pool. Gimme a call later.

"Since we've got old, outta shape peeps going...."

Damn, it sounds worse when you say it! I always think of the old saying, "if I knew I was going to live this long, I'd of taken better care of myself." A broken back and multiple wounds & injuries (some self-inflicted, some inflicted by others) can really dim the old spark and make that couch oh, so attractive!

Damn, it sounds worse when you say it! I always think of the old saying, "if I knew I was going to live this long, I'd of taken better care of myself."

I hear ya there. Sometimes I wonder how I made it this far. Brings to mind another saying, "If I knew then what I know now..."

Originally Posted by DWF

multiple wounds & injuries (some self-inflicted, some inflicted by others) can really dim the old spark and make that couch oh, so attractive!

Absolutely. Add in a wife that's expecting our first on Xmas day, and those "if you hurt yourself, I'm gonna kill you!" type warnings rattling around in my head, and I tend to wuss out on techy stuff really fast now.

I haven't been on a ride yet where I couldn't hang off the back. Waaayyyy off the back! I'll bring my big camera, too, just to give me an extra excuse Should get some great pix though.

[QUOTE=coolhandluchs
Absolutely. Add in a wife that's expecting our first on Xmas day, and those "if you hurt yourself, I'm gonna kill you!" type warnings rattling around in my head, and I tend to wuss out on techy stuff really fast now. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm pretty much over that now. Daughter is 19, son is 14 and he "worries" about me now when we're biking, instead of vise versa.

[QUOTE=coolhandluchs
I haven't been on a ride yet where I couldn't hang off the back. Waaayyyy off the back! I'll bring my big camera, too, just to give me an extra excuse Should get some great pix though.[/QUOTE]
That's funny as hell! I never used to take a camera or pics. Now, for some reason , I drag it along all the time!

Saturday anyone?

Originally Posted by s1ngletrack

Hola - thought I'd post this here and see if anyone else is interested in hitting Palmer next Sunday 12/12. It's supposed to be nice the entire week, so unless something happens Sat or Sun, I imagine it could be just about perfect...

The weather is supposed to be great Saturday and Sucky Sunday.

Anybody else want to go down Saturday morning? See top-level thread on same if interested.